Van Gogh’s painting The Yellow House offers what could be called a blueprint for his yellow period.
He left Paris in February 19th. Van Gogh rented two rooms the Yellow House at 2 Place Lamartine, unfurnished in early May 1888, but did not sleep there until mid-September.
The renting of this little house had enormous emotional significant for van Gogh: it was a symbol of possession, of security and of freedom from hotel keepers.
He envisioned the house as an open space where artists could come to freely share ideas and resources.
By 29 September, he finished the painting representing the house and its surroundings in sulphur colored sunshine, under the sky of pure cobalt.
He painted two of his most famous works there. One was The Café Terrace on the Place du Forum, Arles, at Night. The other was The Night Café in the Place Lamartine in Arles.
Van Gogh’s House in Aries (Yellow House)
